Editing MidHammer 40,000: SM Chapters (section)

===Swarm of Locusts===
{{Infobox Spess Mahreen Chapter
|Name = Swarm of Locusts
|Heraldry = [[File:MH_Swarm_logo.png|150px]]
|Founding = M36
|Successors of = Iron Hands
|Chapter Master = Rossum Bokhanavosky
|Homeworld = D-503 (Ultima Segmentum)
|Specialty = Human wave "Auxillaries"
|Strength = Chapter itself is undermanned.
|Allegiance = Imperium of Man (later Dark Mechanicus)
|Colours = Grey and Green
}}
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!colspan="2"|'''Basic information'''
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!colspan="2"| ''If you will not surrender, then Die intact''
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|'''Founder'''
|"Zaharov"
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|'''Cult'''
|Omnissiah
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|'''Index'''
|Phoenecian
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|'''Regula'''
|None
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Perhaps the most infamous of the Tau Founding chapters, the Swarm of Locusts have served Tau propaganda for mellinia thanks to psychologically scarring tactics. In particular their use of their own form of Skitarii, and converting of Tau killed and wounded in battle into further Skitarii
====Organization and Tactics====
[[File:MH_Swarm_template_reduced.png|thumb|Beating the Tyrannids at their own game since M36]]

The Swarm of Locusts have a disproportionate amount of Techmarines, but otherwise operate mostly under standard Chapter divisions. 

The Swarm have two additional sub classification Techmarines. The first is called a "Administrator" who is telepathically connected to the Servitor swarm. The second is the "Retriever" who gathers and reassembles new forces from fallen foes.

The Swarm also has an additional apothecary given the unassuming name of "Offensive Apothecary." This Apothecary is well versed in Xenobiology, and is equipped with the necessary poisons, toxins, and medical equipment to quickly subdue and convert opponents.

The Swarm excel in Human wave tactics, using the technologically enhanced soldiers to overwhelm their enemy while the Astartes attack from the rear. The Skill of the Administrator enables him to director his swarm in intricate patterns, and command hundreds to act in unison.

Each company will have at least 4 Administrators, who in turn will control anything from tens to hundreds of individual servitors. The favored pattern of the Swarm is to have half of the swarms focus on overwhelming the enemy's defenses, while the other focuses on retrieval. The Retrieval teams will then act to capture as many living soldiers as possible, preferably with their bodies and equipment intact. Should their equipment be unusable or ineffective, the retrievers will have primitive weapons prepared for the newly formed skitarri.

Following their fall from the Imperium, the Skill of the Offensive Apothecary grew only more obscene, to the point where they could force captured entities to develop weaponized mutations that would compensate for their lack of equipment.

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